Contrary to predictions, the weather turned out great for our June 11 paint-out at Riverdale Farm. The Farm is definitely a “must place” to paint. It was not easy to pick a painting spot–so many things there. Some of us were attracted by the goats and chicken while others painted the buildings and the beautiful…
On April 1st Laurie McGugon presented slides of her work illustrating many of her projects which have been directed by ideas rather than the development of one medium. Beginning as a painter, she moved to public art and many other materials as required. She sees environmental issues underlying much of her public art and photography…
On Fri May 13th we were honored by the presentation/demo by Cathy Boyd, an oil painter from Midland ON. Along with her encouraging words, she described her habit of doing a 37 minute painting a day. She told us that the 37 minute paintings are great for developing skills for plein air. She paints on…
Fifteen Plein Air painters gathered at the Distillery District on Thursday May 19 and painted the different scenes (and partook of the culinary and other offerings) that the Distillery is well known for. Great weather, great scenes, great food, great company. Making up the DDistrict PArfect group were Judy McKenna, Nerissa Pineda, Eva Gerold, Dee…
May 27, 2016, Friday Club Night, Keith Thirgood (Acrylic landscape painter and President of Ontario Plein Air Society) gave an outdoor demo at the club. For him, planning with a value sketch is a very important first step. He then sketches in the main gestures with chalk onto a black background. Once he begins to…
March 22 Tuesday Figure Night was a stimulating evening with an excellent model. Each artist worked at their own level with their choice of medium. Some sketched while others used pastels, acrylic or oils. We’ve had one artist sculpt the model. Use of colour, perspective, shading and adjusting for changing light and pose, all translate…
Mar 11th DVAC Friday Night Club welcomed guest artist, Brian Harvey. Brian is an oil painter of urban landscapes, still life and interiors. He gave club members pointers on how he prepares his painting surface, his favourite materials, and his palette colours of choice. Brian demonstrated his approach to studio painting from a photographic reference…
Mar 4th Elva Hook was the featured guest at the Friday Club Night. She eagerly shared her unusual techniques in creating her impressionist abstract paintings to the delight of those present.
Feb 26th Club members were treated to a truly educational evening on Friday night. Gary Smith demonstrated and spelled out the fine points that we should consider when we paint as he critiqued samples of our members work.
Feb. 19th Linda Montgomery presented DVAC Friday Club Night members to a demonstration of Liquitex products. Linda was successful in getting people excited about the endless possibilities of acrylic colour and mediums. She had many samples and demonstrated of the various effects one can achieve. Attendees were each given a sample bag of Liquitex products.